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Direct linkSouthern Regional Education Board (SREB), 2009
Students preparing for college and careers need access to career-focused programs of study that combine challenging academic content and intellectually demanding career/technical (CT) studies. Schools wanting to raise student achievement can create career-focused programs of study that connect a solid academic core with a sequence of CT courses.…
Descriptors: High Schools, Educational Strategies, Instructional Design, Vocational Education
Download full textPerson, Ann; Pavetti, LaDonna; Max, Jeffrey – Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., 2008
This practice brief profiles three programs, two statewide and one local, that provide work opportunities to Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) recipients who are participating in vocational education programs. The authors selected programs that combine vocational education and paid work because this strategy reinforces the emphasis of…
Descriptors: Employment Opportunities, Vocational Education, Welfare Services, Work Study Programs
Gaines, Elizabeth; Faigley, Ian; Pittman, Karen – Forum for Youth Investment, 2008
Elements of Success 1: Structural Options outlines the range of current children's cabinet and council structures in place and offers tips and warnings for getting the most effective structure in place. This issue brief builds heavily on interviews conducted by the Forum and on the detailed documentation work done by Susan Robison for the National…
Descriptors: Children, State Agencies, State Government, Childhood Needs
Sibley, Michael O., Ed. – Alabama Department of Education, 2007
"Alabama Education News" is published monthly except for June, July, and December by the Alabama Department of Education. This publication, authorized by Section 16-2-4 of the "Code of Alabama", as recompiled in 1975, is a public service of the Alabama Department of Education designed to inform citizens and educators about…
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Technical Education, Public Education, Career Education
McLeod, Jade – National Middle School Association (NJ1), 2005
When faculty members at Furman Middle School in Sumter, South Carolina, expressed concern about the lack of time in each day to provide the interventions, remediation, and enrichment the students needed to be prepared for state testing, their principal devised a creative flexible schedule to meet student needs. These include: (1) a morning…
Descriptors: Flexible Scheduling, After School Programs, Guidance Programs, Faculty Workload
Sibley, Michael O., Ed. – Alabama Department of Education, 2007
"Alabama Education News" is published monthly except for June, July, and December by the Alabama Department of Education. This publication, authorized by Section 16-2-4 of the "Code of Alabama", as recompiled in 1975, is a public service of the Alabama Department of Education designed to inform citizens and educators about…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement, Educational Objectives, Bond Issues, Public Education
McConnell, Elizabeth S. – National Middle School Association (NJ1), 2006
The New DARE middle school program, Take Charge of Your Life, has reinvented DARE as part of a major national research study that promises to help teachers and administrators address the issues of drugs and school violence. Gone is the old-style approach to prevention in which an officer stands behind a podium and lectures students in straight…
Descriptors: School Activities, Violence, Middle Schools, Drug Education
Frueh, Eileen; Hosmer, Katie; Bender, Kristen; Wells, Greg; Rhymer, Lacey – US Department of Education, 2005
"The Challenge", a publication of the US Department of Education's office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools, provides critical information and resources to assist schools in creating safe and healthy environments for young people. This issue presents topics designed to help schools play a key role in teaching students good habits that can last a…
Descriptors: Health Services, Mental Health Programs, Mental Health, Substance Abuse
US Department of Education, 2007
"The Achiever" is a monthly publication for parents and community leaders. Each issue contains news and information about school improvement in the United States. Highlights of this issue include: (1) "No Child Left Behind": Key Focus in State of the Union; (2) A Shining Example: Using Mix of Strategies, Stanton Elementary…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Newsletters, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education
White, Rebecca Leigh, Ed. – Alabama Department of Education, 2006
"Alabama Education News" is published monthly except for June, July, and December by the Alabama Department of Education. This publication, authorized by Section 16-2-4 of the "Code of Alabama", as recompiled in 1975, is a public service of the Alabama Department of Education designed to inform citizens and educators about…
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Public Education, Faculty Development, Awards
White, Rebecca Leigh, Ed. – Alabama Department of Education, 2005
"Alabama Education News" is published monthly except for June, July, and December by the Alabama Department of Education. This publication, authorized by Section 16-2-4 of the "Code of Alabama", as recompiled in 1975, is a public service of the Alabama Department of Education designed to inform citizens and educators about…
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Parent Participation, Parent School Relationship, Public Education
Wilson-Ahlstrom, Alicia; Yohalem, Nicole; Pittman, Karen – Forum for Youth Investment, 2003
How do effective programs deliver academic content? Can after-school programs help students master a broader base of content? What strategies can help programs and systems deliver content effectively? What is realistic to expect of programs? Program content is closely linked with our understandings about the purpose of after-school programming.…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Program Content, Educational Strategies, Program Descriptions
White, Rebecca Leigh, Ed. – Alabama Department of Education, 2006
"Alabama Education News" is published monthly except for June, July, and December by the Alabama Department of Education. This publication, authorized by Section 16-2-4 of the "Code of Alabama", as recompiled in 1975, is a public service of the Alabama Department of Education designed to inform citizens and educators about…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, School Buses, Educational Objectives, Distance Education
